Stephen Briggs’ adaptation of Pratchett’s comical satire on the corruption of the Royal Mail is to play the John Elliott Theatre amid the original music of Carmen Braund.
Because Moist von Lipwig (played by Steve Kirk) is guilty of forgery, the manipulative tyrant Lord Vetinari (Mike Tadic) gives the charming hero, the choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s failed Post back in service.
With the help of his golem parole officer (Ian O’Brien), the aged Junior Postman (Alex Kanarek), the pin fanatic assistant (Michael Halsall), and past workers (Janet Goncalves, Fr. Robert Hetu and Gord Gardner), Moist must master this seemingly impossible challenge.
Will he be assassinated by the dastardly chairman Basel Daoud of the Grand Trunk’s hired hit man Scott Taylor or even worse, rejected by the sarcastic heroine Annie Fairful with whom he has fallen in love?
In this mad, mad, world of misguided wizards, pushy reporters, saboteurs, and angry letters, can a con man succeed where honest folk have failed?
Perhaps there is just a chance, amid the music and laughter to find a positive message of redemption … or is that just a con too?
Directed by Pamela Niesiobedzki-Curtis and produced by Gillian Taggart, Going Postal will be performed at the John Elliott Theatre (9 Church Street in Georgetown) on Feb. 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15 at 8pm and on Feb. 9 at 2pm.
Tickets are $24 for adults, $20 for seniors (60-plus) and $5 for students with ID. Call the JET box office at 905-877-3700 or visit www.haltonhills/theatre or www.georgetownlittletheatre.ca.
